Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's WWII military experiences during which he commanded a PT boat that sank after being rammed by a Japanese destroyer while on patrol in the South Pacific ...

JFK became a public hero in WWII for his actions in the Pacific as Captain of PT-109, but his older brother wasn't so ...

Two crew members were never seen again, but 11 who survived, all wearing life vests, managed to board what was left of PT-109. One had been badly burned and couldn’t swim. Lieutenant Kennedy ...

On a starless night in August 1943, a Japanese destroyer split Kennedy's PT-109 boat in half. The crew had been left for dead, but the future president felt it was his duty to get his men to ...

But for the most part PT 109 was horrendous ... "They'll do a good job for us" he says of his crew, "if we do one for them." The supporting players, a series of well-worn cliches; are all present ...

The PT 109 was gone, but Kennedy lived to fight again . . . Smoke and fire upon the sea, Everywhere they looked was the enemy. But J.F.K. and his crew lived on Which proves it’s hard to get the ...